imperative
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin imperātīvus.
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[edit] Noun
imperative (countable and uncountable; plural imperatives)
- (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
- The verbs in sentences like "Do it!" and "Say what you like!" are in the imperative.
- (countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
- (countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
- Visiting Berlin is an imperative.
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- (grammatical mood) imperative mood
[edit] Derived terms
- first imperative (Latin grammar)
- second imperative (Latin grammar)
- categorical imperative
[edit] Translations
imperative mood — see imperative mood
essential action
[edit] Adjective
imperative (comparative more imperative, superlative most imperative)
- essential
- It is imperative that you come here right now.
- (computing theory) Having a semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
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essential
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computing
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[edit] Adjective
imperative pl.
- feminine form of imperativo
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[edit] Latin
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[edit] Etymology
From imperātīvus (“commanded”), from imperō (“command, order”), from im- (“form of in”) + parō (“prepare, arrange; intend”).
[edit] Adverb
imperātīvē (not comparable)
- In an imperative manner, imperatively.
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[edit] References
- imperative in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879